A New Years Restitution

There my sister and I were, sipping our drinks while listening to the Pretty Much It commentary of Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D which is the quintessential film to watch on any New Years Eve.  While watching, I decided to share movie pitches to her.  She also had a few ideas listed on her phone and that had my mind wondering.

Why didn't I make any short films last year.

I had a goal to make a new YouTube channel where I would post my shorts and other nonsensical videos, but I never did.  I even had an idea for a short film that I was setting up to write and shoot, but it slipped through my fingers as I prepared to enter my freshman year at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 

Fuck! I realize how irritating it is to stare in the face of great ideas and when the free time arrives, you just go:

So instead of a resolution, it is a restitution.  A restitution of how I wanted things to go last year but was preparing for the experience of moving away from home and learning new things about myself at Madison, that I lost my concentration. 

Maybe going to the Sundance Film Festival at the end of the month will revitalize me.  Cheers to future projects.

Movies I Have Recently Seen:

• Hateful Eight
• The Two Faces of January 
• Charade 
• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
• Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens (third time)
• The Star Wars: Holiday Special

- Kristen Johnson: a filmmaker in progress